Candy-running implement



A. T. BURNETT CANDY RUNNING IMPLEMENT March 4 1924.

Filed Oct. 4, 1922 2 sheets-Shut 1 March 4 1924.

A. T. BURNETT CANDY RUNNING IMPLEMENT Filed Oct. 4. 1922 2 sheets-sheet2 Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

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ALBERT T. BURNETT, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' CANDY-RUNNING IMPLEMENT.

Application filed October 4, 1922 Serial No. 592,336.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I; ALBERT T. BURNETT,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the countyof Los Angeles 6 and State of California; have invented new and usefulImprovements in Candy-Running Implements, of which the following is apecification.

In carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide acandy running implement wherein the spouts through which the candy in aliquid or semi-liquid condition passes may be readily and quicklyremoved from-the forward portion of the hopper or container when it isdesiredto change the size or the spouts, thereby enabling the candy tobe run in streams of the desired thickness.

It is also my purpose to provide a device of the class described whichwill embrace the desired features of simplicity, efiiciency anddurability which may be manufactured and marketed at small cost andwhich will embody comparatively few parts and this so arranged andcorrelated as to reduce the possibility of derangement to a minimum.

With the above recited objects in view and others of similar nature theinvention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan view of a candy runningimplement constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a view of the side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the implement with the spouts omitted.

Figure 5 is a view elevation showing a modified form of the spoutremoved.

indicates a container having a bottom 2 formed with an inclined forwardend portion, parallel side walls extending from the bottom and connectedby a curved rear wall 3, and an inclined top wall at the forward end ofsaid side walls, so that an opening 4 is provided in the rear portion ofthe container so that it may receive a batch of material to besubsequently poured from the opening 5 in the forward end thereof,

In accordance with my invention the for-. ward end of the container 1 isformed to provide an openin 5 at the top side thereof and the walls 0'the opening 5 are formed with outwardly extending flanges 6. 7designates a plate adaptedto close the opening 5 and when the plate 7 isarranged across the opening 5fthe marginal edge of the plate are in faceto face contact with the flanges 6. This plate 7 is detachably connectedto the forward end of the container 1 by means of thumb screws 8 thatarecarried by the ends of the plate 7 and are designed to threadedlyengage openings 9 formed in the end flanges't. The plate 7 is formedwith forwardly and upwardly extending spouts 10 spaced'apart atappropriate distances and through which the candy is run. These spouts10 may be of'the same diameter or of different diameters as shown inFigure 5 of the drawings according as it is desired to vary thediameters'or thicknesses of the streams By'means of the plate 7 carryingthe spouts 10 and the detachable connections between the plate 7 and theforward end of the hopper-like container it will be seen that the platescarrying spouts of various sizes which may be interchangeably connectedwith the container so that streams of candy of the desired thickness andshape may be poured.

The body is also provided with a handle 11 so that the device as anentirety may be readily and conveniently handled and 'ma-- nipulated.

The forward portion of the bottom 2 is inclined upwardly as clearlyindicated at Figure 2, to the forward end terminating in the opening 5and flange 6 which is at the top portion of the side of the body and thetop wall 1 is curved outwardly with respect to the top of the side wallsas clearly indicated in Figures 2 and 3, so that the body may have therear end walls 3 turned downwardly and dipped into a pot containingcandy for dipping a container full of candy to be subsequently pouredthrough the spout 10. After the candy is dipped up in this manner, thecontainer is held in a horizontal position as shown in Figure 2, untilthe operator is ready to pour the same, at which time the body isrotatedso that the spouts project downwardly and the of candy being-run.

chocolate will run down the inclined portion of the bottom out throughthe spout, the top wall 1 preventing the chocolate from spilling out ofthe container. It is also to be noted that the spouts 1 in the positionshown in Figure 2 project upwardly at an incline substantially the sameas that of the inclined bottom wall of the container, so that thecontainer may be substantially filled with chocolate and held in theposition shown in Figure 2 without having the chocolate overflow thesides thereof or run out through the spouts 10. In addition, the spouts10 and plates 7 may be easily changed for other and different sizes ofspouts while the container is still partially full of chocolate yet tobe poured, so that one container full of chocolate may be dipped from areceptacle and several different spouts used, one after the other forproducing various eflects upon an article to be decorated with thechocolate.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the specific construction and relativearrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the inventionvarious changes and modifications may be made such as fall within thescope of my invention as defined in my appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent,

A candy pouring implement including a body having a bottom, side walls,a curved top Wall on the front portion thereof, and a curved rear endwall, said top and rear end walls defining an opening in the rear of thebody with the upper edges of the side walls for receiving material to bepoured, the forward end of the bottom being upwardly inclined, theforward end of the body having a substantially narrow opening extendingacross said body, an annular flange extending therefrom, a handleextending laterally from one side of the body, a spout member having anannular flange for fitting the flange on the body, and means forremovably securing said spout member on the body, the spout of saidmember being inclined upwardly with relation to the body so that theupper end thereof terminates in the plane of the upper edge of the sidewalls whereby the rear end of the body may be dipped into a receptaclecontaining candy for receiving a charge therein, said body being adaptedto hold the charge until it is desired to be poured by moving theforward end of the container downwardly so that the charge will run downthe inclined wall of the bottom and out through the spout.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

Witness LIDA BURNETT.

